What about those zombifying ants that infiltrate the colony of another ant and hypnotize them so they think it's their queen? Maybe I'm mistaking it with that fly that eats the ants' brain and forces it to be eaten by a bird. Nature is wonderful!

I was going to say that a bunch of males fighting each other to get to a single female is not my idea of an orgy, but I'm pretty sure that if I actually tried to set up an orgy it would be like that, with luck even.

Random ant trivia: Fire ant venom and black pepper both contain a piperidine loop in their chemical structure. Of course, so does the active chemical in hemlock, so maybe I'm reading too much into this.

Really random ant trivia: Yeah, my username is based on the binomial nomenclature for some ants. Very long story.

randommaster:Nature specials are always fun because they make you believe that everything on the planet is out to kill you. If we're to go by nature specials, rain forests will kill you if you look at them funny.

I've been surprised there was no references to Doctor Who (Yay, another fan!), which would lead to Torchwood, which would lead to episode Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which would lead to James Marsters and John Barrowman and.... Yeah.... If Lauren gets James and a unicorn, I get John and a sports car.

randommaster:Nature specials are always fun because they make you believe that everything on the planet is out to kill you. If we're to go by nature specials, rain forests will kill you if you look at them funny.

Yeah. Let's burn the bastards down! Oh, wait....

I'm pretty sure that would end badly as there would undoubtedly be some obscure fern that explodes into a cloud of deadly nerve gas when burned. I imagine it would be safer to swim in lava or something.

Awesome story. Its liek em with video games, where ever i go, SOMEONE, will stop me and take about video games.. I should stop wearing ZP & gaming merc stuff. Also, i met James Masters & Eliza Dushku with my sister. We were big buffy fans. Got a signed photo of Eliza because my sister has the same tatoo Faith had in the series.

P.s - Best celeb to meet for photo ops is Jimym Carr by far!"Everyone get together, don't forget the gang signs if we want to look cool!"

A certain type bulldog ant can kill a man in 15 minutes with their venom/toxin/whatever. They grip onto the skin and sting repeatedly as to ensure maximum venom ownage.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecia_forficataAren't you glad you don't live in Australia? Please have sympathy for me.

We brazilians apologize for the fire ants, anacondas and other invasive species. We are currently suffering with giant african snails, somekind of razor weed, "witches broom", boars, god awful native politicians among other stuff.

Curiosity, the fire ants here are called "lava-pés" which means "foot cleaners".

Zeeky_Santos:A certain type bulldog ant can kill a man in 15 minutes with their venom/toxin/whatever. They grip onto the skin and sting repeatedly as to ensure maximum venom ownage.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecia_forficataAren't you glad you don't live in Australia? Please have sympathy for me.

OK, Australia is just terrifying. Irukandi, blue ringed octopus...too many tiny things that can kill you.

randommaster:Nature specials are always fun because they make you believe that everything on the planet is out to kill you. If we're to go by nature specials, rain forests will kill you if you look at them funny.

Though I never understood why a country with giant blue earthworms, a truckload of venomous snakes, anaphylaxis-causing ants, a silly and harmless-looking duck-billed critter that's hiding venomous spurs, and sharks had to invent drop bears to scare the tourists. Who would look over the millions of avenues of death your island/continent nation provides naturally and say "You know what this place needs? Mutant killer teddy bears!" ?